Harness-buckle.



n, lV. RAMSBYQ HARNESS BUCKLE. MRLIQATION FILED JUNE 30,. 190s.

Patented May 11, 1909.

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f tains to make and use the same.

the hips of the horse and becomingentangled in projecting portions ofthe harness.

UNITED sTATEs PATENT oEEioE.

lGARDNER vxRAMsEY, oF BRooKsVILLE, FLORIDA.

HARNESS-BUCKLE.

Be it known that LGARDNEE V. RAMsEY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Brooksville, in the county of Hernando,

5 State of Florida, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements inHarness-v Buckles; and I do hereby declare the follow. ing to be a full,clear, and' exact description of'the invention, suchv as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it apperl This invention relates tobuckle devices for attachment to the harness in position to be ergagedby the reins to prevent them. l5

from lateral movement where they pass over I theback of the horse, andhas for one of its objects to provide a simply. constructed devicewhich'may be attached to the hip 'straps and against which the reinsengage and-are thus prevented from slipping down from With these andother objects in View the s invention consists in a buckle frame havingspaced transverse bars through which the hip strapsare adaptedto beWoven and with a tongue swinging upon one of the bars and engaging thestrap, and an outwardly curving loop at one end of the frame againstwhich the reins are adapted to engage, and be thus prevented fromslipping down over the hips of the horse.

The invention furtherv consists in certain' novel features ofconstruction as hereafter shown and described, and then specificallypointed out'in'the claim, and in the drawings illustrating thepreferredembodiment of the invention, Fi re 1 is aside elevation oftheimproved uckle applied. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same. Fig.-'is'apertached.

Much annoyance is encounteredlin driving horses bythe tendency of thereins when loosened to slip down over the hips of the horse and becomeentangled in projecting portions of the harness, especially wlth theloose ends of the billets of theV breeching straps or connections, andlikewise withthe tail of the' horse, and the principal object of thepresent invention is to 'provide a simplypiconstructed attachment forthe hip straps relatively near the juncture of the back straps and hipstraps and adapted to Specification of Letters Patent.,

Patented May 11, 1909.

Application med Juneau, 190s. serial 10.441,117..

y be engagedl by the reins and thus prevented proved device comprisi..gan ob ong frame formedof side' members 10-11 and transverse members12-13 with an intermediate transverse member 14, the member 14 provided1with a swinging tongue 15 of the usual form, the hip strap representedat 16 engaged by the tongueA 15 whichis adapted to enter one of a seriesof holes17 in the hip strap so that the improved device may be range ofthe holes upon the lip straps.

Extending from one end of the frame is a loop 18 curving outwardly fromthe side members ofthe frame and thus forming an cated at 19 willbeengagedv and thus effectually prevented from' slipping down over the hi's of the4 horse;7 The curved portion 18 wil be of suflicient length andpro-A ject a sulicient distance fromv the hip straps to preventv thereins under the normal conditions from slijbping' past the loop.

The improved device -is simple in construction, can be inexpensivelymanufactured, and of the same material as other metal portions of tlieharness, and may be plated, tinned, japaniled or otherwise treated 1nthe'same manner as ordinary harness without change therein except toprovide the spaced hole 17 for the tongue 15.

W'hatis claimed, is

The combination with the hip straps of a harness, of an oblongbuckle'frame through which said hip strap passes formed with anintermediate cross bar, a tongue swinging upon said intermediate cross'bar and passing through said strap and bearing. by its free end uponone ot' the end bars of the ,the end bar with which the tongue engagesand arranged at an angle to the longitudinal plane of the frame, wherebythe loop is spaced away from the hip strap. l

ln testiniony'where'of, I affix my signature, in presence ot' twowitnesses` GARDNER V. RAMSEY. Witnesses:

A. N. CHEM', J. C. DAvANT .'1-.

adapted to bev woven through the frame and adjusted to any requiredextent within the effectual stop against which the reins indibuckles andother metal attachments, and -can be readily applied to the hip strapsvfromslipping down ov( r the'hips, the im;

frame, and a U-shapcd loop extending from

